The Internet

The more I use the internet the more it bothers me, and the more it sucks me in.

Do you found yourself staring at a screen, looking at things that in all reality don't really mean anything? Do you spend part of your day basically wasting time in front of a computer when you could be using the moments to truly better your life, or be more productive, or read a book, or take a walk, or spend time with someone you care about? Are there things you've always wanted to do, but for some reason can never find the time to do them yet your Facebook status and Twitter updates are always up to date and current? Do you spend more time telling others what you are doing, than actually doing?

I can answer yes to all of these questions. Can you?

Do you remember when an experience didn't need to be documented, or 'tweeted about', or photographed for our 'Facebook page'? Just the pure joy of being there was what really made it worth while. We have our memories and stories, and sometimes the more personal they are, the more sacred they become.

Tonight I went to a free Sea and Cake show at the park alone. I haven't went somewhere by myself to just enjoy the experience without any outside influence or others around me for quite some time. It really felt good to spend some time with me. I'm not sure how this ties into the internet, but maybe it's that we all sometimes look at that lighted screen trying to avoid loneliness. When in all reality, I think the pleasure of spending time with oneself and their own thoughts has become too separated from the human experience. 

Remember when you used to just give someone a call, or randomly stopped by their house to see how they were doing? These human interactions are slowly being replaced by text messages, emails, DMs, and Wall-to-wall comments. Maybe the writers of Terminator are on to something. Take the humanity away and are we really even human anymore?

I'm going to begin to spend more of my time being productive, bettering myself and my life, creating things, reading, being part of events, and spending time with other people I care about and less time talking about myself to people that are really also just there to talk about themselves. It's quite the bizarre love triangle as Bernie Sumner would say.

How many friends do you really have?